Gravitational waves from core collapse of rotating very-massive stars: 3D numerical relativity computation

arXiv:2609.00200 · gr-qc, astro-ph.HE · Submitted 2026-08-31 · Read on arXiv

gr-qc, astro-ph.HE

Submitted: 2026-08-31

Updated: 2026-08-31

Terminology

• Core — 72× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Apparent Horizon — 11× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Initial Data — 7× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Cosmic Explorer — 4× in this paper
• Einstein Telescope — 4× in this paper
• Accuracy — 3× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Angular Momentum Transport — 1× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
• Consistency — 1× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
• Little Red Dots — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes

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